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Chapter 345 [344] Commander Cheng's Shrimp: Enough to Change the Divine Generals' Minds

After upgrading to the second tier, the Spirit-Veiled Myriad Forest Profound Seal not only could mobilize more Divine Banyan power, but also gained many powerful functions.

One of them was – Tree Battle Spirit.

In simple terms.

It meant implanting an extraordinary imprint into a tree spirit, transforming it into a battle spirit.

The battle spirit could draw power from the surrounding plants with the help of the imprint and its master, instantly increasing its combat power by more than five times.

For example.

A spirit oak dryad in a “fully charged” state could easily beat three Mystics single-handedly.

In addition to this.

Cheng Han could also use the power of the imprint to remotely obtain all the battle spirit's senses, with comprehensive and all-around perception.

This showed how powerful the second-tier Profound Seal was.

On the other hand.

For the spirit oak dryads, obtaining the Tree Battle Spirit imprint meant they could get a super strong ally at a critical moment.

Therefore, thousands of spirit oak dryads in the factory were vying to be implanted with the imprint, willing to become Cheng Han's eyes and ears.

In other words.

Now, every corner of the spirit oak dryad factory was under Cheng Han's strict surveillance.

No one could escape his eyes and ears for anything they did or said in the factory.

At this moment.

In a luxurious office.

Cheng Han muttered, "There seems to be a slight trace of extraordinary guidance, specially concealed with secret power.

"If it were any other Mystic or even a Mystic Master, they wouldn't be able to detect it at all, but I am too familiar with the power of secrecy."

The apprentice, Mike Wen, had shown great interest in the fuel workshop, immediately catching his attention and being added to the suspect list.

In the past few days.

The serial number on the list had already reached three hundred and thirty-something.

Cheng Han quickly reviewed the situation: "Target number thirty-six is a cleaner, probing the internal structure of the spirit oak dryad factory; eighty-two is a cafeteria cook, responsible for figuring out the factory's personnel situation.

"One hundred and sixty-three, two hundred and forty-two, and three hundred and sixteen are all apprentices, investigating what the factory is manufacturing.

"Three hundred and thirty-eight has started investigating the fuel factory; this kind of collaborative probing is quite interesting."

Three hundred and thirty-eight was the latest number, namely Mike Wen.

The above were the personnel who had been subtly manipulated, with a total of six people discovered so far.

Cheng Han "hmph"ed: "The mastermind behind the scenes is extremely cautious, using each tool only once before completely erasing the traces.

"It's almost impossible to trace the root cause with some conventional extraordinary methods; no wonder the Central Court has been working hard for so many days, and quarantined and reviewed hundreds of people, but still hasn't found the mastermind."

His mind flickered.

Stars appeared in the sky.

A halo flashed out.

In the center of the screen, dense lines instantly emerged, originating from six points, which were the six suspects.

Each line connected to a node, which represented the people associated with them.

Cheng Han smiled: "Nodes that are related to two or more sources are more likely to be the mastermind."

As his thoughts turned, some of the lines and nodes in the picture immediately turned into conspicuous bright red.

This represented the objects that needed to be focused on.

Cheng Han stared at it for a while, muttering in his heart, "Currently, there are some key nodes missing, making it impossible to determine the mastermind."

The corner of his mouth lifted slightly: "But that doesn't matter, as long as I wait patiently for a while, this piece of the puzzle can be completed."

The mastermind's methods were helpless to the war zone.

But in front of the All-Knowing Eye, this continuous offering was no different from walking right into a trap.

Locking down the other party's identity was only a matter of time.

"Ding-ling!"

Cheng Han shook the bell.

A beautiful maid walked in quickly and asked respectfully, "What are your orders, Commander?"

Cheng Han said quickly, "Notify the 'Cloud Sea Research Institute' to transfer more manpower to speed up the research and development of the 'Cloud Peng'."

The maid immediately responded, "Yes!"

The so-called "Cloud Peng", to put it bluntly, was a transport plane equipped with multiple science-magic internal combustion engines; this world's geographical environment was very suitable for transport planes.

Therefore, after establishing the Cloud Sea Research Institute in this world, he directly listed the "Cloud Peng" as the first key research and development project.

Cheng Han also instructed, "By the way, I have drawn some blueprints for the 'Early Warning Warhawk'. Let the people from the research institute come and get them, and study them carefully."

"Yes!"

The Cloud Peng was much larger than the Warhawk, with a higher carrying capacity, making it more suitable for installing Profound Arrays and transforming it into an early warning aircraft for this world.

*

At the entrance of the fuel workshop.

Mike Wen was turned away, blocked outside the gate.

A row of spirit oak dryads stood in a line, blocking the gate tightly.

Mike Wen stood not far away, not daring to step forward and peek.

After all, the spirit oak dryads didn't have the best temper. If the tree spirits thought he was suspicious, they would definitely tie him up tightly with their branches.

The apprentice had a strange obsession in his heart, wanting to figure out what this strange factory was doing inside.

Mike Wen glanced left and right, and found a pile of neatly arranged internal combustion engine parts.

He suddenly had an idea, took out a pair of calipers from his pocket, and pretended to be inspecting the quality, checking each part one by one.

Not far away.

The spirit oak dryads slightly swayed their branches.

Information was spreading among the tree spirits in a mysterious way.

"Do they think we don't know what he's doing?"

"What a fool!"

"The Chief of Tree Spirits said to watch his performance quietly."

Not long after.

There was a sudden movement at the entrance of the workshop.

"Buzz~"

Accompanied by the sound of an internal combustion engine.

More than a dozen transport vehicles, lined up in a long row, quickly drove towards this side along the road painted with yellow paint.

Mike Wen watched the vehicles without blinking, a trace of envy in his eyes.

These were the vehicles brought by the Warhawk Legion from another world, called "Magic-Powered Vehicles", meaning vehicles powered by science-magic internal combustion engines.

A Grand Artificer had also said that Commander Cheng led the Warhawk Legion here not only to change the form of warfare, but also to change the way of life of the Wan Hao people.

He thought it was a very big thing.

And the yellow paint line was the road dedicated to transport vehicles.

The various rules in the spirit oak dryad factory were so meticulous and numerous. Compared to it, the previous workshops were simply makeshift teams.

When he first came to work in the factory, he always felt constrained everywhere. Now that he had adapted, he felt that a real factory should be like this.

"Buzz~"

The magic-powered vehicle convoy was getting closer and closer.

The spirit oak dryads guarding the gate moved their roots and quickly opened the gate.

The magic-powered vehicle convoy began to turn one after another, slowly driving towards the entrance.

This action caused a strange sound in the carriages behind the vehicles.

"Whirr~"

It seemed to be the sound of water.

Mike Wen was puzzled.

Could it be that the carriages were filled with seawater?

"Splash~"

One of the magic-powered vehicles turned a little too sharply, and the waves surged a little higher, with some water splashing out from the gaps in the roof and onto the ground.

Mike Wen confirmed his guess.

It really was seawater!

At this time.

In a puddle a few meters away, a small thing suddenly jumped up.

Mike Wen glanced at it and couldn't help but be stunned.

It was actually a green rice shrimp.

The apprentice was even more puzzled.

Could it be that these dozen magic-powered vehicles were all filled with green rice shrimp? But the question was, what were they transporting this thing to the fuel workshop for?

Mike Wen suddenly remembered something.

It was said that the Warhawk Legion had built three artificial lakes with a very large area, specifically for breeding green rice shrimp. Many people had regarded this as a joke at the time.

He glanced at the convoy, and his mind was enlightened, instantly understanding everything.

These must be green rice shrimp salvaged from the lake. The real purpose of the Warhawk Legion's breeding of green rice shrimp was to extract fuel from them.

Soon.

The convoy disappeared inside the gate.

The spirit oak dryads returned to their original positions.

Mike Wen hesitated for a moment, walked over, picked up the green rice shrimp, quickly stuffed it into his work clothes pocket, and then quickly left.

Ten minutes later.

Inside a toilet.

Mike Wen took out the green rice shrimp from his pocket, looked at it carefully for a while, and squeezed it several times with his hands, muttering:

"Can it really extract oil? This thing is so toxic, even if oil is extracted, it can't be eaten at all!"

He casually threw the green rice shrimp into the toilet and pressed the flush button.

"Swish!"

The water surged.

The green rice shrimp disappeared cleanly.

Mike Wen seemed to wake up from a dream, his eyes suddenly becoming confused: "Why did I come to the toilet in the first place?"

At this moment.

He completely forgot what he had just done.

*

Central Court.

General Jian Wanli was reading a document seriously.

His subordinate had said that this was a document written by Commander Cheng of the Warhawk Legion, so he took the time to read it in his busy schedule.

"...All along, from the Mystics in the war zone to the ordinary people in the various fortresses, it is generally believed that this is a rather barren world.

"Because the air here is toxic, the seawater here also contains trace amounts of toxicity, and most of the creatures here contain highly poisonous substances.

"It seems that the Wan Hao people can only conquer this world completely at the cost of consuming huge amounts of resources, but without getting much feedback."

Jian Wanli nodded lightly when he saw this.

As a Mystic Overseer-level powerhouse, he knew far more information than Mystics.

It was said that the Divine Generals under the command of the higher-ups, and even His Highness the Divine Monarch in charge of guarding a world, were arguing endlessly about this matter.

One faction believed that since they had entered this world on a large scale, they might as well take the opportunity to annex the Youmiao Realm, which could be regarded as leaving another way out for the Wan Hao race.

The other faction believed that as long as they killed the Sin and Serpent of Life and deterred the god-level powerhouses of this world, the goal would be achieved.

Continuing the war would only waste too much resources.

"Your Excellency, the respected General, I think I have discovered something. The Youmiao Realm is not as barren as we think.

"On the contrary, this is an exceptionally fertile world.

"Our Wan Hao people need it!"

Jian Wanli's pupils suddenly widened a little.

Really?

The General straightened his body slightly and accelerated his reading speed.

When he saw the words "green rice shrimp", he couldn't help but mutter, "Just a kind of poisonous shrimp, what can this prove?"

When he turned to the third page and saw the results of the experiment and the meaning it represented, his breathing became rapid.

Jian Wanli's expression became extremely solemn: "It's unbelievable that efficient fuel can be extracted from poisonous shrimp!"

The General had personally witnessed the Warhawk Legion annihilating hundreds of thousands of Flying Sword Sharks in one battle, and had specifically taken the time to study the Warhawks, so he naturally knew what "fuel" was, and fully understood the meaning of "efficient fuel".

He knew very well that if Commander Cheng's experiment had no problems, then this small green rice shrimp was enough to change the minds of the Divine Generals!

This was a big deal!

At first, everyone thought that the Warhawk Legion's green rice shrimp farming was completely messing around. Who knew that Commander Cheng was plotting such a big thing.

The General suddenly stood up and impatiently ordered, "Prepare the Mystic Ark immediately! I'm going to the spirit oak dryad factory."